Greece
Greece in the First World War →Tag
(125)1913
1914
1915
January
February
March
- 09
- Dimitrios Gounaris becomes prime minister of GreeceOn 9 March 1915 King Constantine I appointed Dimitrios Gounaris prime minister of Greece. He was an opponent of Venizelos and a supporter of neutrality.
- British reply on LemnosOn 9 March 1915 London replied to the Greek request for an explanation of the occupation of the island of Lemnos, citing military necessity.
April
May
July
August
September
October
- 05
- Key eventEntente landing at SalonikaOn 5 October 1915 the French 156th Division and British 10th Division began landing at Salonika to save Serbia, but that day Venizelos's government fell.
- Venizelos resigns againOn 5 October 1915 King Constantine I refused to back Venizelos's policy, although Parliament had given him a vote of confidence. The premier resigned again.
- 06
- Alexandros Zaimis becomes prime minister of GreeceOn 6 October 1915, a day after Venizelos resigned, Alexandros Zaimis was forming a new government in Athens. Its members opposed war on Serbia's side.
- Constantine gives assurances of Greek neutralityIn early October 1915 King Constantine I assured the British minister that Greece would stay neutral. Mobilisation and the Entente landing were to go on.
November
December
- 11
- Bulgarians take Dojran and GevgelijaOn 11–12 December 1915 the French and British withdrew into Greece and the Bulgarians entered Dojran and Gevgelija. The pursuit stopped at the border.
- Greece rejects the Entente demandOn 11 December 1915 Athens replied to the Allies. The Greeks kept Salonika and Fort Kara Burun but promised not to hinder the Allied defence of the city.
1916
January
February
April
May
June
- 21
- Entente ultimatum to GreeceOn 21 June 1916 the ministers of France, Britain and Russia demanded that Greece demobilise, form a non-party government and hold elections. Athens gave in.
- Resignation of the Skouloudis governmentOn 21 June 1916, the day the Entente demanded a change of government in Greece, Prime Minister Stefanos Skouloudis resigned after less than eight months.
- Zaimis prime minister of Greece againOn 21 June 1916 King Constantine entrusted the government to Alexandros Zaimis, who accepted all the Entente's demands and formed a cabinet of officials.
July
August
September
- 11
- Zaimis resignsOn 11 September 1916 the Greek prime minister Alexandros Zaimis resigned. Talks on entering the war had stalled, and French pressure on Athens kept growing.
- Surrender of the Greek IV Corps at KavalaOn 11 September 1916 the Greek IV Corps, trapped in Kavala, gave itself up to the Germans to avoid Bulgarian captivity. The Bulgarians took the town next day.
October
- 10
- Entente ultimatum on the Greek fleetOn 10 October 1916 Admiral Dartige du Fournet demanded Greece's light warships, the disarming of its large ones and control of Piraeus, police and railway.
- Lambros becomes prime minister of GreeceOn 10 October 1916 the historian Spyridon Lambros took office in Athens. His cabinet of officials and professors at once faced a French admiral's ultimatum.
November
December
1917
January
May
June
- 12
- Key eventAbdication of King ConstantineOn 12 June 1917 King Constantine I, forced by the Entente, left Athens, leaving the throne to his younger son Alexander. He did not formally abdicate.
- Entente occupies Thessaly and the Isthmus of CorinthOn 10–12 June 1917 the French occupied the Isthmus of Corinth and entered Thessaly. On 12 June they took Larissa, and a landing force went ashore at Piraeus.